Court Information

Criminal Division

The Criminal Division is responsible for processing and managing all indictable criminal cases involving adult offenders. In rare instances, juveniles may be waived to adult court based on the severity of the offense. The office handles all pre-adjudicatory functions of the Superior Court, Criminal Division, as well as Post Conviction Motions. Disorderly persons, petty disorderly person’s offenses and motor vehicle violations are normally heard in the Municipal Courts. Typical clients of the Criminal Division would be those:

Arrested and charged with a criminal offense;

Applying for pre-trial intervention (PTI);

Convicted of a criminal offense and needing a pre-sentence investigation completed;

About Robin Kay Lord

Robin has been a lawyer for over three decades. Her experience began working as a law clerk and then as an Assistant Public Defender before opening her own Law Practice in 1996.

She received her Law Degree from Hofstra University and a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University. She began her legal career representing indigent criminal defendants in the trenches of the Office of the Public Defender as a Trial Attorney for almost a decade. It is there where she developed her passion for vigorously protecting the rights and liberties of individuals.